The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-09-29

Thai Is goirs 10 inrn back 10 dasi, bn, be
ssill lives for he kepi The ss!iags Of jesus
Christ Christ aii here. "Whosccver
therefore shall coniess me before men him
will ] alec confess before my father which
Is IN beaver Judge skinner 10 season
sud out Of season confessed Jesus Christ
he never Was ashamed 10 acknowledge
Him aud identify himself With Hin, and
be has been known 10 Chicago for years
as An ont ard out Christian. You remem.
Der St. Paul says: That II thou shal, con
Tess with Thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe 10 thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt bs
saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. 70,
the Scripture saith. "whosoeyer believeth
on him shall not be ashamed" He was
not ashamed 10 be known in that city al
sn humble follower OF the Son Of God
lie has accomplished AZ immense amount
OF good by giving his testimony In and
ont Of season. You cannot bury the
Influence Of this man. Christ says hs
shall never die. Wesley is not dead
There has never been day in the histor,
OF the world that Wesley has been les,
dead than now. You cannot bury Wesley
Whitfield still lives Martin Luther live,
throughout christendom. John Knox
lives more today IN Scotland and through
out christendom than when be WAS 10 the
body. So that tks sayings Of Jesus Christ
are true. II we believe these things We
shall never die II is utterly impossible
for man TO die who believes In Christ.
Some men leave long shadow behind
them. This man who has gone has done
So In the 9th chapter OF John, the 3Sth
verse, it says II came down from heaven,
not to do my own will but the will OF him
that sent me. And this is the fathers
will which hath sent me, that OF all which
be hath given me sbonld lose nothing, but
should raise it up at the last day. And
this is the will Of him that sent me, that
every one which seeth the Son, and be-
lieveteth on him, may have everlasting life;
and ! will raise him up at the last day"
In Job the question was eli man die
shall be live sgain?" For 1900 years the
world waited for the answer Christ says
he shall live sgain" In 9th John, 40th
verse be says. "And l will raise him up OF
the last day People are apt to look upon
death as the destruction; il is only the
harvest. "Thou shalt come to thy grave
in full age, like o shock OF corn COM
eth in his season." II the corn was not
harvested it would be perfectly worthless.
Now our friend has been harvested, To
10th John, 2Sth verse, it says, "And | give
unto them eternal life; aud they shall new
er perish. neither shall any man pluck
them ont of my baud My father which
gave them me is greater than ALL aud no
man is able TO pluck them out OF my
fathers hand. and my father are one.
Death cannot pluck him out Of the hand
Of God These are the sayings Of Jesus
Christ. 1t is Of very little account when
aud where or how man dies ii be is only
in Jesus Christ. Death may change his
position but it cannot change his relation
with God. HE shall never die" j.
the promise. In the llth chapter again he
says (ior you will find all through the book
of John eternal life is ringing) THY
brother shall rise agaln!" So we can say
to this weeping widow today, "Tby hus.
band shall rise again, and to these tear
full daughters, "Thy father shall rise
again" / have no more doubt OF the res :
direction than have that / exist, and in
this dark hour TO this family we can find
great comfort and consolation because his
word has gone out, and it would be easier
to heave an ocean than to break the prom
Use OF God, and that promise is mo one
shall pluck them out Of my hand
The dear departed friend committed his
soul TO the Lord Jesus Christ, and now he
is above with him, because He promised in
the 18th of John, Verify, verify. l say
unto you, except corn OF wheat fall into
the ground aud die, it abideth alone; hut
il it die, it bringeth forth more fruit He
that loveth his life shall lose it and he that
hateth his life in this world shall keep it
unto eternal life. II any man serve me
let him follow me; and where am, there
shall also my servant be. Ii any man
serve me, him will my father honor.
What comfort there is 10 those words,
Where the Lord is there the servant is
going to be. Then again. there is the
thought that the kernel OF wheat does not
bring forth fruit unless it die. People won
der why death came into the world. Why
my dear friends, there must be disrobIng
in order that there may be robing; there
must be a putting off OF the mortal in
order to put on the immortal.
In the 10Th OF Corinthians he says, in
trying to confort those who have lost
loved on es, 80 also is the resurrection OF
the dead. II is sown in corruption; it is
raised In interruption. II is sown 10 dis
honor; it is raised in glory. 1t is sown in
weakness; it is raised in power. 1t is
sown natural body; it is raised q spirit
ual body" He does not speak about
death but it is ''sown." So this brother
is to have resurrected body, but in order
to get it he must endure death. When
Christ speaks OF death he speaks OF 1t as
going TO the father. There are no funeral
sermons. Everywhere you will find Christ
going 10 bring to life and light, and peace
and Joy. heard one Of the Douglssses
make this remark, Everything to the
true believer is glory" II 8 man believe